Tails 1.3 - The most Anonymousing GNU/Linux Distribution

Privacy and security are difficult to come by in our progressively
connected world. Advertisers track our browsing habits, employers
monitor productivity and government agencies monitor our communications.
Most operating systems do not take steps to protect our privacy or our
identities, two things which are increasingly difficult to guard. Tails is a Linux distribution that is designed to help us stay anonymous on-line and protect our identity. Tails is a Debian-based
live disc that we can use to scrub our files of meta data, browse the
web with some degree of anonymity and send private messages. According
to the project's website, "Tails is a live operating system, that you
can start on almost any computer from a DVD, USB stick, or SD card. It
aims at preserving your privacy and anonymity, and helps you to: use the
Internet anonymously and circumvent censorship; all connections to the
Internet are forced to go through the Tor network; leave no trace on the
computer you are using unless you ask it explicitly; use
state-of-the-art cryptographic tools to encrypt your files, emails and
instant messaging."
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